Where does “felsőfok” come from?

felsőfok (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian felső, from Hungarian fél, from Proto-Uralic pide, from Finnish pitää, from Proto-Finnic pitädäk, from Proto-Finno-Ugric pitä-.

felsőfok (Hungarian): superlative, superlative degree

Definitions

  1. superlative, superlative degree

Ancestry of “felsőfok”, step by step

felsőfok traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian felső

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianfelsőtop, upper; top
2Hungarianfélto fear, to be afraid of something; to fear...
3Proto-Uralicpidetall
4Finnishpitääto hold, grasp, grip; to keep, take; to like, be...
5Proto-Finnicpitädäkto hold, to grasp; to keep
6Proto-Finno-Ugricpitä-

via Hungarian fők

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianfőknominative plural of fő
2Hungarian-k-s, -es; Denotes the first-person singular...
3Hungarian-ö-linking vowel
4Hungarian-dyour; Used in the second-person singular definite...
5Middle Welsh-nt3rd person plural verb ending

Words derived from “felsőfok

Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric pitä-Every word from Proto-Finnic pitädäkEvery word from Finnish pitää